Grain-shocker.



No. 846,632. I t PATENTBD MAR. 12; 190.7.

' G. w'. TIGEV GRAINSHOGKER. APPLIOATION FILED OUT. 6, 1905.

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Inventor No. 846,632. PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907.

G. W. TIGE.

GRAIN S'HOCKER.

APPZIOATION FILED 001. 511905.

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' PATBNTED MAR. 12, 1907. G. w. T103.

. GRAIN SHOGKER.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 5, 1905.

5 sums-451mm a.

PATENTED MAIL-l2, 1907. W. TIGE.

GRAIN SHOOKBR.

ArrLmA'rIoiw rum) 001'. 5, 1905.

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No- 846,632. PATBNTEDMAR. 12, 1907.

' G. W. TICE.

GRAIN SHOUKER.

APPLIOATION FILED 001'. 5, 1905.

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PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. TICE, or RILEY CEN ER,

MICHIGAN, ,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TQ ALLEN K. TICE, OF LARIMORE, NORTH DAKOTA.

GRAlN-SHOCKER.

To all whom it may concern: M Be it known that I, GEORGE W. T oE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Riley Center, county of St. Clair, State of Michigan, have invented certain-new and useful Improvements in Grain-Shockers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others-skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the" This invention relates to means for receiving sheaves of grain from a binder and form- 1 ing them into shocks, after which the shocks are de osited in a vertical position butt-end upop t e ground. i r '1' ,is an object of the invention to'provide alpparatus of the. character described which s allbe "operated from contact with the ground. By this means the imposition of the shoc'ker apparatus as an additional burden upon-the mechanismpf the binder is avoided and the connections are much simplified, andat the sametime the operator is relieved of thenecessit for operating the shocker by main stren t A further object of t e invention is to provide means for spreading the bases of the shocks, so that the shocks will -stand firmly. Other objects will-appear hereinafter. In the accompanying draw s, which illustrate an embodiment of the invention,

Figure 1 is "a lair of the shocker with'so much ofabin er as'is necessary to show the attachment of the shocker thereto, the shockformer being shown in "verticalposition, in which position the shock is deposited upon the ground. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the apparatus shown-in Fig. 1 lookin {from thestubble side. Fig. 3 is a sectionai elevation on the line "3 3 of Fig. 1, the shocker being shown as in receiving osition. Fig. 4' is a front elevation-0f the s locker and a-portion ",of the binder, in which is shown the means for transferring the sheaves from the binder tothe shocker; the shock-former being shown in its receiving position; and Fig. 5 is aplan view ofadj acent portions of the shocker and binder,"in' which is shown the means for trans- -5rferring the sheaves from the shocker to the binder and also the means for controllingthe Specification of Letters Patent.

I Application filed October 5. 1905. Serial No. 281,433.

operation of the apparatus.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen Patented March i2, 1907." I

I that the shocker has a horizontally-disposed rectangular three-sided frame composed of the front cross-bar B, an inner side bar B and an outer side bar B This frameis'rig idly secured to the frame A of the harvester by means'of brackets A, projecting stubble- .ward from the harvester-frame and secured tothe inner side bar B so that the inner side ..of the shocker is supported by the harvesterframe. The outer side bar 13 of the shocker- 'frame is shorter than the inner one, extending rearward from the front cross-bar to a 05 point about abreast of the axle of the main supporting wheel of the harvester, as shown in Fig. 1. 'Thereis no cross-bar at the rear end of the shocker-frame but this end of the frame is left open for a purpose which will be 7. apparent from the following description.

tically ma guide3, that is secured to the outer side bar B at its rear end, so that the axle of the wheel E will be approximately in '80 the same vertical plane as the axle ofthe harvester-supporting wheel, so as not tointerfere with the turning or tilting of the harvester. 3

- The shocker com rises a combined bundle-' 8 5 receiver and shockormer C, a spreader D for the urpose of o ening out and S11 porting the liutts of the bundles, so that t e shock will have a wide base to stand on when deposited on the ground, and certain o crating o mechanism that will be described ater on. The receiver and former is composed of two parts or sections 6 and 7, that are semicylindrical in shape and are hinged together, so as. to make when closed a former or shaper of 5 the elongated frusto-conical form shown in I Fig. 2. The two parts are connected together at their rear ends by a shaft 5,*to which the section 6'is fixed and upon which .the section 7 is rotatively mounted. The

shaft 5 is journaled in the rear ends of apair of arms 4, that are pivoted at their front ends to the cross-bar B of the shockhrframe, and

the shock-former is sectioned on a, plane passing approximately through the axis of lo 5 the shaft. The sections preferably overlap each other When'closed, especially at their wider ends, and a spring is connected to the rear ends of the sections on opposite sides of the shaft 5, so as to hold them normally apart'and in the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Normally the section's occupy the position indicated in these figures, where the I section 7, which is the receivin section', lies horizontally and forms a semicy indrical cradle into which the bundles are received from the binder. The section 6 is the shaping or formin section and serves more especially when 0 osed against the section 7 to press the tops of the bundles into one common center, so as to give the shock a conical shape when deposited upon the round. It stands in a'vertical position unti a sufficient number of bundles has been received by the section 7 to form a shock, when it isclosed down upon the other section by the driver, who

. alsorele'ases a latch, that will presently be described, and allowsthe front ends of the two sections to fall to the ground, when the forward motion of the machine .will cause the arts to operate in the manner hereinafter escribed. This movement of the shock former is under the control of .the driver of the harvester from-his seat 39 through the intermediac'y of a foot-lever F and intermediate link-and-lever connections 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, and 38 between-the foot-lever and a bell-crank lever 31, that is'pivoted to the inner side bar B of the shocker-frame near its front end, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 5. The shocker is not connected in any way to the operative parts of the harvester; but its moving parts are all actuated by the front ."end of the receiver and former coming in contact with the ground, as above described, un-

der the control of the abdve lever-and-link arrangement. v v 7 As will be understood from the drawings,

the position of the-shocker at the side of the Y harvester is such that the bundles as they eelver.

'eormefrom the binder will fall into the re- Thi's position is best shownin Figs. 4 and 5, where G denotes the harvester-elevator, 41 and 42, respectively, denote the "and is operated from one 'of the condition to receive other bundles from the binder, and the link 34, forming part of the "connections by means of which the driver lets the front end of the shocker fall to the {ground-is provided with a cam 48, which en- -belt 44, running over the loose member of a c utch gages the splined member of the clutch when the driver operates the 'rod in the di' reotion of the arrow in Fig. 5. This disengages the two parts of the clutch, and the a movement of the discharge-belt 43 will cease and remain stationary until the shocker has been restored to receiving position by the movement of the rod 34 in the opposite direction, when the spring 47 will cause the splined member of the clutch 45 to again lock the loose member to the inner shaft of the discharge-belt. While the belt 43 is stationary the bundles coming from the binder are piled up on it in the order-of binding, and when the shaft 14 is rocked to bring. the latch 11 up into position to hold the re-oeiv ing-section of the shocker the belt will be again started by the means above described, and the accumulated bundles are deposited, in the receiving-section ofthe shocker, which, it will be understood, comes into position just Eefore the clutch45 is operated to start the e t. 1 I

The rear end of the receiver and former and its shaft 5 are supported by the arms4,'already referred to, and the front end is sup- I ported with the section 7 in receiving position y means of a releasable latch 11, over'which a projection 9, with which the end of this section is preferably provided, catches, as shown 5 in Big. 3, The latch 11 is fixedupona shaft 12, which is journaled in an arm 13, rigidly secured to and projectingrearward from a shaft 14, that is ourn'aledin-bearings on the under side of the two side bars of the shocker= frame and has an upstanding crank-arm 28 on its inner end. This crank-arm is connected to the bell-crank lever 31', heretofore described, through the intermedia-cy ofa slotted link 30, which has a ruled-joint CO1)! necti'on 29 with one arm of the bell-crank lever, as best shown in ligs. 1 and '3. The shaft 14 is held in position with the arm '13 projecting horizontally rearward, so as to old the latch 11 in position to support the front end of the receiving-section of the shock-former C, by m-cansof the lock formed by the connection of the crank-arm 28 on the I shaft with the bell-crank lever 31 through the slotted link 30 and the rule-joint 29. Assuming all the parts to be in the po'si tion shown in Fig. 3 and the driver, desiring to deposit a shock upon the ground, the

above-described lock holding the shaft 14 in the position explained is broken by the driver essin' his foot upon the lever F and pullmg the ink 32 rearwardly, so as to rock the bell H crank 31 and permit the weight of the receiving-section 7, bearing upon the latch 11 to rock the shaft 14, so as to withdraw the latch and allow the front of the receivi'n -section 7 to fall to the ground, the

entire s ock former and receiver swinging on the shaft 5 "as 'a'cent'er. Simultaneousl with this movement the shaft 5 t whic the forming-section 6 oi the shocker is secured, is rocked by means of the crank 16 upon the shaft 14 pulling downwardly upon the rod 18 and the crank 17 on the outer I end of the shaft, thus quickly closing the' forming-section down upon the receivingsection 7, and as the latter section falls to the ground (carrying with it, of course, the section 6) the pressure of the forming-section -upon the bundles will be increased by the following means: Upon the, shaft is a ratchet 118, which is' engaged by a pawl 19,

v pivotally mounted upon a crank 20, that is free to turn upon theshaft.

end of the crank is attached a short rod-21,

which is connected to a pitman 22 by a spring- 23, reacting between collars on the ends of the rod and the pitman. The forward end of the rod is connected to the lower arm of a floating bell-crank lever 24, that is pivoted to the inner arm 4 and has its other arm connected by a link to a fixed plvot on the inner side of bar B of the shocker-frame. It

follows from this construction that as'the arm 4 rises the bell-crank 24 will be'rocked upon the link 25 as a pivot, andits lower arm will pull forwardly on the pitman 22, and the shaft will be further turned by the ratchet and pawl 19 20, thereby increasing the pressure of the 'two parts ofv the shocker u on the bundles until the shockerhas re'ache an-upright position and the complete shock has been deposited upon the ground.

When the shock-former has reached the vertical position shown in Fig. 2, the projection 8, withwhich the lower end of thesection 6 is preferably provided, will come in contact with the ground, and as the machine passes on the receiving-section 7 '(which,.it will be remembered, is free to revolve upon the shaft 5) will pass out of contact therewith. The

spring 10 will then operate to lift the receiv ing-section, turning upon the shaft 5 as a center, .so that it will slide over the top of the shock as the machine continues its forward movement. Shortly after this the section 6 a will also become disengaged from the ground,

and'the shocker having now become entirely projectionQresting upon the latch 11, al-

, ready described. -The section 6"is vmoved rearwardly and upwardly into the position shown in Fig. 3 by the following means: The ratchet-wheel124 is fixed upon theouter end of the shaft 5 and is engaged by a pawl 125 on a crank 26, which is free to tur n on-the shaft.

The teeth of the ratchet-wheel are' engaged by the pawl when the latter moves forwardly, and this forward motion occurs when the arms 4, in which the shaft 5 is j'ournaled, de-

To the outer scend by means of a second floating bellcrank lever 27, which is pivoted to the outer arm 4 and has its forward end connected-to the pawl-carrying crank 26 by means of a pitman 127. The other end of the bell-crank 1ever 27 is connected by a link 281 to a fixed ivot on the outer side bar B of the shockerame. It results from this construction that as the receiving-section of, the shocker slides off from the to of the s'hock'and the arms which support t e shaft 5 begin to fall the bell-crank 27 will pull'forwardly on the 'pitman 127, and the'revolution of the shaft 5,

carrying the section 6 with it, will be con tinued by the engagement of the pawl125 with the ratchet-wheel 2'6 untili the arms 4' .are in their lowest position, at which time the a forming-section'will. be in "a verticalposition. A

(Shown in Fig( 3.) I L I When the arms 4 are raised, ,(bflherec'eiving-section 7 of the shocker passing/from the horizontalposition shown in Fi 3'to the yentical position shown in i'abell-crank I est'e; itman 127.. 5

27 on the outer arm 4 pus rearwardly,'and the-pawl 125' sli' es'bver. the teeth of the'ratcheflwhee1'124. D I this movement of the arts at the outer slde of the shocker the be -crank lever- 24;, which is pivoted to the-inner arm 4,-p'ulls forwardly on the pawl-carrying arm 20*a1fd causes. the

formmg-sectionfi to becIampeddown-n on the bundles in the receiving-section an to press firmly thereupon, as ahead, described;

When the arms 4'fall b .r'eason-o the section l 6 becoming disengage .frorii'j'theground, the

bell-crank'27'uponthe outer arm pulls forwardly upon the pawl-carrying arm 26' and continues the rotation of-the shaft 5 through the intermediacy of the' 'ratchet-wheel 124. During the described movement of the'recei'ving-section 7 the crank 17 on the outer end of the shaft 5 will be turnedthrough approximately onehundred and eighty-degrees,

and in so turning the pin on the crank first moves forwardlylin the slot in the; end of the pitm'an 18 and t en rearwardly. In its rearward movement'the pin, comes against the IIO end of the slot and forces the pitman'-1 8,. to I the rear, thereby raising theprank 16 on the outer end of the shaft l' iand restoring the latch 11 into position to receive and support the front end. of the section 7. It also turns vrearwardlythe crank 28 ,on the inner end of 1 the shaft 14 and rocks the bell-crank lever 31.

forwardly, so as to straightenthe rule'joint 29 and lock the knuckle in position to prevent the shaft 14 from being turned by the weight of the bundles in-the receiving-sec-f tion.

I In order that the shock may stand firmly inan upright position after it has been deposited 'upon'the ground, it is desirable that the base of the bundles should be spread out laterally, so as to give theshock'as wide a base of support as possible. This is provided for by the spreader D, referred to in the first part of this specification. This spreader consists of a series of rearwardly-extending spring teeth or fingers 40, secured to a rod 12,

that is carried by an arm 13 projecting rearunder the receiving-section 7- the shock.

VVhe'n shaft 14 is locked to trip the latch 11 and allow the receiving-section to fall, the

rod 12 is lowered, so that the spreader teeth,

or fingers for the main portion of their length rest upon the ground. This lowering of the spreader occurs simultaneously with the falling of the front end of the receiving-section7, and when this section straightens up the forward motion of the machine draws the spreader fingers or teeth through the butts o the bundles, thereby spreading them out laterally before they get firmly seated on the ground, thus giving the shock a wide base. After the shock has been deposited the return of the shaft 14 to normal position restores the spreader into its horizontal position immediately underthe receiving-section.

Whileit is thought that the function and operation of the various arts of the device as a whole have been ,su ciently explained in the foregoing description, it may, however, beadvantageous to briefly review them. Thereceiving-section 7 of the shocker being in position'to receive the bundles from the binder, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, they will'be discharged into the receiver by the belt 43,

as before described, Upon 'a' sufficient numberof bundles having accumulated in the receiver to form fa'shock the driver presses his foot upon the lever F. This results in rocking the shaft 14 and the consequent dropping of the arm 1 3, so that the forward end of the section 7 of "the shocker is released from the latch 11 and falls to the ground. The rocking of the shaft-14' depresses the rod 12, to which the spreader-fingers 40 are secured at their forward ends, and these fingers are thus lowered, so that they rest upon the'ground for the greater ortion'of their-length. The rocking of the s iaft 14 also throws down the crank 16 and, by means of the link 18 and the crank 17, rocks the shaft 5 and closes the forming-section of the shocker down upon the receiving-section 7. The action of the driver in allowing the receiving-section ol' the sh'ocker to fallal'so results in the disengagement of the members or the clutch through which the discharge-belt 4.; is driven, and the discharge of bundles into the shocker thereupon ceases until the section '7 is again restored to receiving position. The forward movement of the machine 0 crates to bring the combined receiver and ormer, with-its two sections, close together into the upright I eaaeaa movement the spreader-teeth 40 are'drawn through the base of the shock, 7 thereby spreading the bundles laterally. As the receiver and former turn from the horizontal to the vertical position the pressure exerted position, (shown in Fig. 2,) and during this by the sections upon the inclosedshafts is in creased, particularly atthe top,'so that the shock is given a conical formation. When the shock-former has reached an approximately vertical position, the section 7 ,which is at this time behind the shock, is disengaged from the; ground and moves upwardbackwardly, so that it will pass over the top of theshockas the machine continues to ad Vance. This further movementof the mait then moves forwardly and upwardly to the position shown in; Figs. 3 and 4, the arms'and.

falling into the position shown in Fig. 3..

chine also results in disengaging the section j 6 of the shock-former from the ground, and

This'lowering of the arms and'shaft'is aided by the tension of the spring 23, and the fall ing'of the arms further results in straightening out the knuckle-joint'29, 30, and 31 into its locking position and throwing'intoengagement the members of the clutch 45.1

The receiving-section 7 of the shocker having meantime returned to the normal position to I receive the bundles and the discharge-belt 43 having been started up, the bundles willbe der in which they were deposited upon the belt by the binder and will be successively removed from the binder-deck' 42 in the orl deposited within the shocker. The cycle of operations above described may then again be started by the pressure of the drivers foot upon thelever F. i

What I claim is 1. The combination with a shock-former,

of a traveling support therefor to which said SfLldfOIlllGI out of contact with the ground.

2. The combination with a shock-former, of a frame, an axlesupporting one end of said former, and releasable means supporting the other end of said former, the said former being adapted when released to engage with the ground and be turned upon its pivot thereby. 3. The combination with a shock-former comprising a plurality of sections, of a traveling support therefor to which said former is rotatably connected, the said former being i adapted when released to engage with the ground and he turned upon its pivot thereby, i

releasable means for holding said former out of contact wlth the ground, and means-for removing one of said sections from the rear of the shock when said former has reached an approximately upright position.

4. The combination with a shock-former,

of'a support therefor to which said former is rotatably connected, the said former being being 'engageable with the ground and 1O-'.

tatable thereby, said former having a plurality of sections, and means placed under stress by the rotation of said former for pressing the said sections toward each other.

7. The combination of a movable shockformer comprising a plurality of sections, and means-placed 'under stress by the movement of said former for pressing the said sections toward each other.

8. The combination with a shock-former comprising a plurality of sections, of a traveling support therefor to which said former is rotatably connected, the said former being adapted-to engage with the ground and be.

rotated thereby, means for bringing the said sections together, and means placed under stress by the rotary movement of said former for further pressing the sections toward each other.

9. The combination with a shock-former,

of a traveling support therefor to which said former is rotatably connected, the said former being adapted to engage with the ground and be rotated thereby into discharging position, and means placed in operable-position by the rotary movement of said former for moving saidformer into receiving position.

10.,Tl'1e combination with a shock-former, of means for feeding sheaves to said former,

/ and a common means for settingsaid former in'operat'ion to deposit a shock and removing the driving power from said feedin means.

11. The combination with a shoc -former com rising a plurality of sections, of means for ringing said sections together, releasable means for maintaining said former in receiving position, means for feeding sheaves to said former, and a common means for cutting oil the power-from said feeding means, releasing said former-retaining means, and operating saidmeans for bringing said sections together.

' 12. T; e combination with. a frame, a bail pivotaily secured t? ereto, a formerrotatably secured to said bail, said former comprising a plurality ofsections, and a tension device placed under stress by the movement of said bail away from said frame, said tensipn device being connected to said former and adapted to together.

13. The combination with a frame, of a bail pivo'tally secured thereto, a shock-former having a plurality of sections rotatably secured to said bail, links between said frame and bail, and a tension device connected to sa'id-links'and said former..

press the sections on said former 14.'The'coml:ination with a frame, of a bail pivotally secured tli ereto, a shock-former rotatabl charging position, and means for completing a revolution of said former placed in operasecured to said bail, said former "being a .apted to turn from receiving to (lE.S

tive position by movement of said bail rela-. I

tive to said frame. 9

- 1-5. The combination with a frame, of a bail pivotally secured thereto, a shock-former rotatablv secured to said bail, said former being adapted to turn from receivin to discharging position, links between said ail and frame, and means for completing a revolution of said former connected between said links and said former.

' 16. Incombination with a traveling sup port, a shock-former rotatably connected thereto, and a series of rearwardly-extending rods amounted on the support under the former, said rods being divided into two sets, each curving, outwardly at the rear from a central line, whereby, as the shocker rotates to dump the shock, the teeth will spread the base of the shock laterally.

17. The combination with the traveling support, of a shock-former mounted tl. .ereon to turn about an axis transverse to t. e direction of travel of the support, the said former individually rotatable about the axis of rotation' of the former as a whole.

18. The combination with" the traveling support, of a shock-former mounted t? ereon to turn about an axis transverse to the direction of travel of t: .e support, t. c said former comprising sections divided approximately along a plane passing t? rough tl c axis of rotatlon, and means tending to move one of t. .e

sections of said former away from t. e other. 19. In a rain-shocker, the combination with. a traveiing support, of a shaft extending transversely to the movement of said s. .ocker over the field and rotatably mounted upon said support, a shock-former comprising a plurality of sections divided by. a plane a proximately through the axis of said s. at, one of said sections being rotatably mounted upon said s? aft and the other section being fixed to said shaft, and a spring connected betweensaid shock-former sections and tending to separate them.

. 20. The combination with a self-binding harvester, of a shocker-carrying frame pivoted too 6 sea-e32 and free to rise at its rear end, a shocker rotatably mounted at its rear end on an axis substantially parallel to' said axis of the frame,

and a releasable latch for supporting the firontend of the shocker.

- 21, The combination with a. self-bindin harvester; of a shocker-carrying frame pivoted transversely of the movement of the machine and freeto rise at its rear end, a shocker rotatably mounted at its rear end on an axis substantially parallel to said axis of the .frame, a releasable latch for supporting the front end of the shocker a discharger for delivering the bundles from the binder into the shocker,

and means whereby the driver may simulta ne'ously'release the latch and stop the. dis

charger. v

22. The combination with a self-binding harvester, of a shocker rot atably mounted at- In testimonywhereof I affix my signature .in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. TIVCE. 4

Witnesses:

E. E. ARIIN,

E. M. PHILLIP. 

